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Trying to move beyond human lonelinessin the arms of the Earth,
assumptions and dependency on another’stroubled mind a sickness
cured only by faith in the vast patternsof unfolding natural time
Vanilla leaf and Pathfinder reaching up again
from the crumpled life trails we leave
many of us staying behind to ensurethat these five century-old firs
will still be standing to shelter the dreamsof our tribal children
singing old and new songs by the campfire,
expanding the circle of warmth and light
stopping from our hurried ways to talk deeply,
dive into the cleansing lake waterswith friends we only see here,
only touch once every one or two years.
More and more relationsof fertile colors of Earth joining usin story, ritual, dance and struggle
-a young girl raising her hand in theNonviolence training,
Offering to risk the felony rap when allthe adults declined
-a brother from Chicago learning the wondersof the “carnivorous forest with skags”-
together we find our way slowly further
like the small snail waving its feelers,lifting the shell of its past life
over the small twigsand crushed plants of our wanderings.
Naked bodies like the day we were bornswaying around the fire
pounding rhythms, swirling flamesand fireballs of pulsing energy
yet the bodies hold tequila;the flames fume of kerosene;a loud electric generator raises the volume.
We scavenge through a post-industrial
nightmare but bring upindustrial garbagein our art of returning
as if we need to saturate ourselveswith the sounds of gunfirein our mob-like purging.Even as we step into the green-tinged worldof the Thrush’s song
we scare away the bearwho would forage through our lives.
Its been such a long road hereof death, jail, love and courages-
time to rip up the asphaltthat is compacting our vision,
destroy the circumscribing painted linestelling us to stay in oppressors boundarieslike the roadpeckers in Warner Creekand the bunnies on the Jack Roadbut digging deeper into ourselves,
looking into our actionsand seeing our goals clearly reflected
seeing the sun sparkles glitteringon the waves more clearly
after diving deep into the cool that refreshes
History, a dead machine of liesOur story, alive and breathingglowing in the embersof the fire that warms usand lights our facesas we look at each otherand see ourselves.

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